DNA/RNA Vocab

Question 1

Chromosomes

Answer 1

A threadlike structure within a cell’s nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next.

Question 2

Double Helix

Answer 2

The shape of a DNA molecule.

Question 3

Nitrogen Bases

Answer 3

Molecules that contain nitrogen and other elements that make up the rungs of the DNA

Question 4

DNA

Answer 4

Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.

Question 5

Adenine

Answer 5

One of the nitrogen bases the cell contains. It is abbreviated as A

Question 6

Thymine

Answer 6

One of the nitrogen base the cell contains. It is abbreviated as T.

Question 7

Guanine

Answer 7

One of the nitrogen base the cell contains. It is abbreviated as G.

Question 8

Cytosine

Answer 8

One of the nitrogen base the cell contains. It is abbreviated as C.

Question 9

Gene

Answer 9

A section of a DNA molecule that contains the information to the code for one specific protein.

Question 10

DNA replication

Answer 10

The process in which a identical copy of a DNA strand is formed for a new cell.

Question 11

RNA

Answer 11

The genetic messenger that carries the genetic code from DNA inside the nucleus to the cytoplasm.

Question 12

Uracil

Answer 12

A nitrogen base which is found only in RNA, it takes the place of the nitrogen base thymine.